How To Install genisoimage on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install genisoimage on Ubuntu.
What is genisoimage
genisoimage is:
genisoimage is a pre-mastering program for creating ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images, which can then be written to CD or DVD media using the wodim program. genisoimage includes support for making bootable “El Torito” CDs, as well as CDs with support for the Macintosh HFS filesystem.
The package also includes extra tools useful for working with ISO images:
- mkzftree - create ISO-9660 image with compressed contents
- dirsplit - easily separate large directory contents into disks of predefined size
- geteltorito - extract an El Torito boot image from a CD image
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There are three methods to install genisoimage on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install genisoimage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install genisoimage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install genisoimage
Install genisoimage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install genisoimage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install genisoimage
Install genisoimage Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install genisoimage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install genisoimage
How To Uninstall genisoimage on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the genisoimage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove genisoimage
Uninstall genisoimage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall genisoimage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove genisoimage
Remove genisoimage Configurations and Data
To remove genisoimage configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge genisoimage
Remove genisoimage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove genisoimage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genisoimage
Dependencies
genisoimage have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install genisoimage package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.